Mental Health – Local support
Accessing support for your mental health and wellbeing is crucial. Below are various services available, offering a range of help from counselling to crisis support.
Local Community Support
- Counselling in the Community – Blackpool Provides a safe, comfortable, and confidential space for individuals to talk and receive support during difficult periods.
- Find out more: Counselling in the Community – Blackpool
- The Light Lounge Offers a welcoming and non-judgmental environment for those experiencing social and emotional challenges, or individuals in crisis.
- Connect: The Light Lounge | Facebook
- N-Compass (Fylde & Wyre) Offers crucial support for anyone caring for a person with mental illness in the Fylde or Wyre areas.
- Contact: 01253 407473
- Website: Advocacy, Carers, Well Being & Young People | n-compass
NHS Talking Therapies & Helplines
- Blackpool Talking Therapies A self-referral service providing help with mental health and wellbeing.
- Contact: 01253 955700
- Visit: Blackpool Talking Therapies :: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
- Lancashire NHS Wellbeing and Mental Health Helpline Offers immediate emotional support, information, and signposting to local and national mental health services for anyone concerned about their own or someone else’s mental health.
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- Call: 0800 915 4640 (Monday-Friday 7pm-11pm; Weekends 12 midday-12 midnight).
- Textphone/NGT Lite: 0800 915 4640
- NHS Talking Therapies (Lancashire & South Cumbria) These services offer free groups, courses, and one-to-one therapy to help you understand your experiences and build confidence. You can self-refer without needing a GP appointment.
- Minds Matter (Fylde & Wyre) Provides free talking therapies specifically for adults in the Fylde & Wyre area. You can self-refer directly.
- Call to refer: 01253 955943
- Website: Mindsmatter :: Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
